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The April Wabanaki Voices column discusses legislative priorities in the 132nd Maine Legislature. It was written by Maliseet Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald; Penobscot Nation Elder Donna Loring; Rena Newell, citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik; Mi’kmaq Nation Vice Chief Richard Silliboy; and Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative Aaron Dana, all members of the Wabanaki Alliance board.

The March Wabanaki Voices column discusses the devastating impact the Trump administration is already having on tribal nations in Maine and across the country. It was written by Kirk Francis, Chief of the Penobscot Nation, president of United Southern and Eastern Tribes, and advisory board member for the Wabanaki Alliance.

The January Wabanaki Voices column discusses the parallels between the work by Wabanaki leaders and citizens to restore tribal sovereignty and the work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. It was written by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Tribal Elder and member of the Wabanaki Alliance Board, and Maine Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross from Portland, the former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.

The December Wabanaki Voices column highlights the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and people and was written by Maulian Dana, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation and executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance.

The November Wabanaki Voices column highlights the story of Wabanaki citizen and World War II veteran Charles Shay and was written by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Tribal Elder, Vietnam Veteran, and Wabanaki Alliance Board Member.

The Alliance published two Wabanaki Voices columns in October. This second one highlights the 131st Maine Legislature Scorecard and was written by Maliseet Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald, Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative Aaron Dana, Penobscot Nation Elder Donna Loring, and Mi’kmaq Nation Vice Chief Richard Silliboy.

The Alliance published two Wabanaki Voices columns in October. This first one offers a look back on the five years since the law officially designating Indigenous Peoples Day was passed. It was written by Maulian Bryant, former Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador and incoming Executive Director of the Wabanaki Alliance.

This month’s Wabanaki Voices column is about lacrosse, known in indigenous communities as “the Creator’s Game.” It was written by Corey Hinton, a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe (Sipayik) and former member of the Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse Team.

This month’s Wabanaki Voices column is about the history of the Watertown Treaty of 1776, told from the Wabanaki perspective. It was written by Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald, the tribal ambassador for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and a co-commissioner on the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission.

This month’s Wabanaki Voices column focuses on the Wabanaki Confederacy’s long and storied history of military service. It was written by Donna Loring, who served in the Women’s Army Corp from 1967-1968 and former Maine House representative for the Penobscot Nation, and Donald Soctomah, who represented the Passamaquoddy Tribe in the Legislature from 2006-2010, serves as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and founded the Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum.

This month’s Wabanaki Voices column discusses progress and disappointments in the most recent legislative session. It was written by Rep. Aaron M. Dana, the Passamaquoddy tribal representative to the Maine House of Representatives and a member of the Wabanaki Alliance board of directors.

This month’s Wabanaki Voices column focuses on recent collaborations between conservation groups and Indigenous peoples across the world, including here in the place we now call Maine. It was written by Dr. Darren Ranco, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, chair of Native American Programs and coordinator of Native American Research at the University of Maine, and a member of the Planning Team for the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship.